Phil Gurnee ♦ July 14, 2016 ♦ Leave a comment
LAD All-Stars 1980 – 1989, the Fernando Valenzuela and Orel Hershiser decade LAD All-Stars 1990 – 1999, the Mike Piazza era LAD All-Stars 2000 – 2016, the Clayton Kershaw era 1970 – Billy Grabarkewitz starts off the decade with his only all-star appearance. Before Corey Seager, there was Billy Grabarkewitz who took the NL by storm …
Phil Gurnee ♦ July 13, 2016 ♦ Leave a comment
1980 – The decade started with a bang as the Dodgers hosted the 1980 All-Star game, and had six representatives, led by the historical infield with Garvey, Lopes, and Russell all making the team. All four position players started but went a combined 0 – 7. Lopes only got one at-bat before being replaced. This …
Phil Gurnee ♦ August 27, 2014 ♦ 1 Comment
Willie was only 57 years old when he died on this day (Aug 27th) in 2004, that baseball card image on this page has always been one of my favorite baseball cards. Some players just look like stars. Willie had it all, perfect baseball build, power, speed, athleticism, but for whatever reason he didn’t become …
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